That physician is no better than a murderer, that negligently delayeth till his patient be dead or past cure (389).

The strongest Christian is unsafe among occasions to sin (519).

Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279).

what a silly, frail, and forward pieces are the best of men (647)!

Sirs, so much as your hearts as is empty of Christ and heaven, let it be filled with shame and sorrow, and not with ease (483).

The falseness of your own hearts, if you look not to them, may undo you(15).

If your hope dieth, your duties die, your endeavors die, your joys die, and your souls die. And if your hope be not acted, but lie asleep, it is next to dead, both in likenss and preparation( 585).

He that believeth that he believe, believeth himself and not God (333)[.]

[O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.]

If every work of the day had thus its appointed time, we should be better skilled, both in redeeming time and performing duty (556).

O blessed be the grace that makes advantages of my corruptions, even to contradict and kill themselves (648).

The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral port

Tell them what you do, and if they want to know more, they’ll ask.

I believe in forgiveness I believe in trying to work with people.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

My teacher has a reading problem. He can't read my writing

Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.

That becomes the revolution, to be idealistic enough that you think you can change the world, and what you find is you can't change anything but yourself.

A local company has more accountability.